The Final Conflict (1981)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Now come into his full knowledge and power, the Anti-Christ in the body of Damien Thorne is about to strike his final blow. The Christ-child has been born again, on the Angel Isle, Great Britain. The plan is simple, kill the Christ child to prevent him from growing up to bring the return of Christ and death of the Anti-Christ. Even with the great Sam Neil in it 'The Final Conflict' or also known as 'The Omen III' feels cheap and just made for a few bucks since it's storyline wasn't anything interesting and despite the good actors? Nothing memorable either.

Damien Thorne is now in his early thirties and is in charge of a large corporation; he is still going up in the world though. He believes that prophecy means that he must become the US Ambassador in Britain as he is destined to confront a returned Christ there. Shortly after stating this the sitting ambassador kills himself in a spectacular, and gory, fashion and Damien is indeed appointed to the position. Father DeCarlo as acquired the Seven Daggers of Megiddo and along with six other men plan to eliminate Damien before the prophesied return of Christ. Damien meanwhile is trying to find the child; and if he can't identify the child he will have every baby boy born on a certain night killed… even the son of his closest acolyte. While all this is going on Damien is getting close to TV presenter Kate Reynolds and takes her son under his wing.This film provides a solid conclusion to the Omen Trilogy; it also turns up the grisliness to a large degree; the scene where the ambassador shoots himself is genuinely shocking as the wall behind him is splattered red. It isn't long before one of Damien's potential killers burns to death in a rather macabre scene. There are more shocks to come; we don't actually see the babies dying but it is made clear that many are being killed, some only just off screen. Sam Neill does a really good job as Damien; he makes the character charismatic and seductive rather than obviously evil… at least until he starts ordering the deaths of the babies. In some ways it is predictable; we know that those trying to kill Damien won't succeed to soon and the early attackers are doomed from the start; that doesn't matter though as their horrific deaths just raises the stakes for the final confrontation. Sadly the finale doesn't match what has happened before; it is too quick and Damien dies as 'heavenly choirs' sing and bible verses appear on the screen. Sam Neill isn't the only person to put in a good performance; the rest of the cast are somewhat overshadowed but they are still pretty good. Overall I'd say that this is a decent horror film; people who watched the opening two instalments of the trilogy are sure to want to watch it, watching the previous films isn't essential but I suspect it will improve one's enjoyment of this.

Somewhat Disturbing and an Ominous Tone make the Third Movie in the Omen Trilogy a Must Watch for Fans of the Series. It was Followed by a TV Movie, Omen IV: The Awakening (1991) that most "The Omen" Completest Disregard Completely.Sam Neill, in a difficult Breakout Role delivers a Creepy, Intense Performance that Carries the Film with the Help of some Lurid Plotting and Exposition. The Seeking out and Killing of the Christ Child, the Numerous and Well Done Assassination Monk Eliminations, Damien's Talk to His Disciples, His Ranting to Christ, and other things make this a Solid Horror and Supernatural Entry that is Neither Embarrassing or Disappointing as Sequels go.It's got a Good Cast and a Fine Jerry Goldsmith Score, a Sharp looking Production Template, and it all Contributes to the Success of the "Final Conflict". There are some truly Creepy Scenes and this Dark Tale of the Battle between Christ and the Anti-Christ is Not as Anticlimactic as some may Claim. In Fact, it Comes Off as more Believable than an Over Produced, SFX Saturated, Grand, Extravagant Ending Ever Could.

"It's not very action packed, is it?" said the wife. Yep – Welcome to another Omen film! This one tries to jazz things up by having Damien all growed up and in charge of a big corporation, looking to waste lots of babies as he's figured out that the Second Coming is happening in Britain. Add to that the bunch of priests who want to turn Damien into a satanic pin-cushion and you've got an action packed spectacular of epic proportions, right?No.After a nifty gunshot to the face, The Final Conflict, just like the film before it, settles in for a languid trip to ho-hum-ville. Sam Neill is fine as Damien, but the priest attacks are pretty lame, the sub-plot about the Second Coming is barely exciting, and the grand finale in a ruined abbey has hardly got a pulse. Only the appearance of a fifty foot Bee-Gee at the end is any good. There's a couple of good scenes: Damien rallying his acolytes for the big Herod-style massacre of the innocents, Damien apparently bumming his missus (he is the son of Satan after all!), and the aforementioned shotgun to the face bit, but there's an awful lot of nothing going on between all this. The Omen series must be one of the least interesting series out there. Final Conflict? Not much of a conflict at all, more like a 'slight scuffle'.